Thanksgiving
Memories from Mason Students
Arranged by KateO'Hara and Alex
LaCoste (November 25, 2002)
Thanksgiving is a day enjoyed all over the
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Ashlie Peters, Senior
I made Thanksgiving dinner myself. I was a
sophomore in high school and I had asked my mom if I could cook dinner
for everyone. She agreed, and said that she’d only help if I needed it.
I thought things were going great until things started going wrong. The
mashed potatoes were runny, the stuffing burned, and the turkey was cooked
on the outside, but completely raw on the inside. My mom had to come in
and help out. She made everything look somewhat presentable. When she was
done, and dinner was finally over with, everyone actually loved it. They
thanked me, and even though many things went wrong, it was still a fun
experience that I won’t repeat.
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Luke Friar, Senior
"I don’t really care much for the historical
background of Thanksgiving, considering the first one was just the Pilgrims
sitting with their Native American friends, making up for everything from
the past year. However, I do believe that it is important to sit down with
your family every once in a while and just spend a few hours catching up." |
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Rabita Aziz, Sophomore
"I’m not American, but my family celebrates
Thanksgiving anyway. It’s an excuse for everyone to get together and have
fun. Celebrating Thanksgiving is very important to me, because I’m with
my family and my friends. These things are important because you never
know when your loved ones might not be with you." |
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Chris Campanelli, Senior
"Thanksgiving doesn’t give me any real joy.
For me, Thanksgiving has come to mean spending time with those I am related
to, and should love. But truth be told, these four days have been some
of the most painful memories for me, sitting through rainy day after rainy
day, and just waiting until it's time to pack up and leave. Thanksgiving
is hard to appreciate for any other reason than the food, and that itself
isn’t always so great." |
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Sara Kaplow, Senior
"My favorite Thanksgiving memory is a yearly
occurrence. On Thanksgiving day, my mom spends the entire morning in the
kitchen while I, the lazy teenage daughter, sit upstairs watching the Macy’s
Day parade and “It’s A Wonderful Life.” My mom freaks out about the food,
and we (my dad, sister, and I) do our best to stay out of the way. Then
the family arrives, and all is calm." |
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Tony Clark, Senior
"Every Thanksgiving we celebrate it with another
family. Many times I have asked my mother why we spend the holidays
with them and the only response that she gives me is that she had to do
it when she was younger. I still fail to see why we can’t celebrate
it with just our family. This year is different. I have accepted
the fact that it will happen every year that I am at home for Thanksgiving.
As I have thought about it more and more over the years I came to the conclusion
that I like not having to worry about what might happen that was different
from last year. Thanksgiving is about spending time with the people
who mean something to you and even if they don’t, its nice to have the
company." |
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Alex LaCoste, Freshman
"My favorite Thanksgiving memory is from when
I was five. My family and I were skiing in Colorado. We were all walking
around the hotel, and the hotel pool was covered up. My mom, dad, and sister
kept telling me not to go near it, but I was little and didn’t listen.
I blocked them all out and walked right on over to the covered pool. Since
the cover wasn’t meant to hold a person, it moved and I went crashing into
the pool! It was freezing. I scared my whole family to death and
this story never gets old no matter how many times anyone tells it." |
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John Ruffino, Senior
"Thanksgiving is a time when my family and
I just sit around and eat a bird. It is not a hectic holiday for
us, which is nice because the day is very relaxing. However, I haven’t
noticed much of a Thanksgiving feel due to the fact that corporate America
has drowned it out by promoting Christmas in early November. This
is because the commercial world doesn’t make much money off of Thanksgiving,
so they try to drown it out with very premature Christmas praise." |
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